A new creation...now an enemy?

It was a great day. Everyone is having a great time. Francis Chan spoke to us again last night and tied in the creation theme to us being a new creation. He used the illustration of Adam and Eve in the garden. They were created by God and placed in the garden with everything they needed. Yet, an enemy came to seek and destroy what God had created. The craftiness of the enemy distracted Adam and Eve from what they had with the Creator. They exchanged fruit for paradise! How sad. Don't we do that too? We get distracted by life and exchange insignificant things for our relationship with the Father. Francis also used the illustration of a father holding his child. We are His children. We can figuratively hold Him around His neck like a child holds on to their father. What a powerful message to us as we try to fix our eyes, hearts, body, and soul on the One who created us. Because we are a new creation, we now have an enemy that will seek us out to distract us. Stay close to the Father! We had some good sharing last night as we debriefed about the day. Everyone shared! All are ready for a good night's sleep.